# Allegory of June: Triumph of Mercury [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [TURA, Cosmè]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Fresco, 500 x 320 cm ## Commentary The upper scene depicts the Triumph of Mercury as an allegory of June, to the left, men in a discussion and boys playing instruments, to the right, a shop and the beheaded Argus. In the centre the astrological symbol Cancer. Below, Duke Borso and his train riding toward the palace, receives petitioners, in the background landscape with the Po River. ## Related artworks - [A Muse \(Calliope?\)]() - [A Muse \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Magi \(from the predella of the Roverella Polyptych\)]() - [Alfonso d'Este]() - [Allegory of August: Triumph of Ceres \(detail\)]() - [Allegory of August: Triumph of Ceres \(detail\)]() - [Allegory of August: Triumph of Ceres \(detail\)]() - [Allegory of August: Triumph of Ceres]() - [Allegory of July: Triumph of Jupiter \(detail\)]() - [Allegory of July: Triumph of Jupiter]() - [Allegory of June: Triumph of Mercury \(detail\)]() - [Allegory of September \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()